Supreme Court Verdict Strikes Blow to Electoral Bond Scheme: Kapil Sibal

Supreme Court’s verdict on the Electoral Bond scheme: Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal says, “This is a huge ray of hope not just for a, b or c political party but for democracy itself. It’s a huge ray of hope for the citizens of this country. This whole scheme which was the brainchild of my late friend Arun Jaitley was in fact choreographed to enrich the BJP. Because everybody knew that the BJP was in power and that any donations through the electoral bond scheme would come to the BJP. But the interesting part is that this electoral bond scheme had nothing to do with elections. It was really the bonding between the corporate sector and the BJP which received the largest number of donations. And the donations they received over the years amounted to about five to …